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(ModeL) D. M. YOUNG.

COMB ATTACHMENT FOR SHEARS.

No. 332,030. Patented De0. 8, 1885.

$3238: A INVENTOR: 0J7 BY MW ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL M. YOUNG, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMB ATTACHMENT FOR SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,030, dated December8, 1885.

Application filed August 4, 1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL M. YOUNG, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Gomb Attachments for Scissors for Cutting Hair, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to attach a comb to a pair of scissors insuch a manner as to facilitate the adjustment of the comb in relation tothe scissors, and also to simplify the construction and reduce the costof said scissors and comb.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully set forth and described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of a pair of scissors provided with my improvedcomb attachment. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same on theline a: m, Fig. 1.

The scissors A are of the usual construction, and in one blade two ormore screwthreaded apertures, B, are provided, through which the screws0 are passed, which have wings D, of any Well-known shape, on theirupper ends, by means of which the screws can be turned, and thus movedin the direction of their length through the above -mentioned blade. Thelower ends of the screws are swiveled, as shown at O, in the back of thecomb, so that they may freely turn therein. In assembling the parts thescrews may be first swiveled in the comb-back, passed through thethreaded apertures in the scissors-blade, and then be supplied with thethumb-pieces, or the thumbpieces may be rigidly secured to or formedintegral with the screws, and the screws passed down through thescissors-blade and swiveled in the countersunk apertures in thecomb-back.

Serial No. 173,556. (Model.)

I prefer to provide the screw witha collar, 0 near its lower end, whichcollar is let in flush with the upper surface of the comb-back to allowthe comb to be brought close to the scissors-blade, and the ends of thescrews are riveted down to fit the countersunk apertures in thecomb-back. By turning the screws the comb is thus adjusted a greater orless distance from the scissors, as may be desired.

on the head, and the hair projecting up between the teeth of the comb iscut by means of the scissors. It is evident that the hair is cut at alength from the head equal to the distance from the comb to thescissors-blades, and that by adjusting the comb at different distancesthe hair can be cut at different lengths. The comb also serves as aguard to prevent cutting into the scalp, especially when the hair is tobe cut veryshort.

I am aware that combs have been combined adj ustably with scissors andrazors, but most of these devices were more or less complicated, and forthat reason not well adapted for general use.

My device is very simple, cannot get out of order, works perfectly, canbe adjusted very readily, and is very cheap, as any pair of scistion.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination, with the scissors blade havingscrew-threaded apertures near its opposite ends, of the thumb-screws 0,passed through said apertures, and the comb E, having apertures in itsback, in which apertures the lower ends of the screws are swiveled, asshown at O, substantially as set forth.

DAN. M. YOUNG. Witnesses:

J. L. MOAULIFFE, EDGAR TATE.

In using the scissors the comb E is placedsors and any comb can be usedin its construc-

